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ties -mih the kennel discipline, even if visitors are present) 

 the tumult ceases. 



"Bartender! Bartender!" Bartender hesitates. He knows 

 full well he began the disturbance, and he is not quite sure if 

 he is to be called out for reproof or otherwise. Seeing this, 

 Buttry's voice changes to: "Come on, Bartender, come on, 

 good dog." Thus reassured, the noble hound who is as cheery 

 of com|)liment and as injured by a word too much as a woman, 

 comes joyfully in, waving his stern like a bending reed to a 

 summer breeze, his nostrils working, his mouth full of laughter, 

 his eyes all aglow, head erect, and his lips twitching as if about 

 to speak. He has round cat-like feet, straight legs, and most 

 muscular thighs; deep chest, depth of shoulder, a loin like a 

 beam, and a back like a bull. His markings are perfect, body 

 black, a golden tan about the edges of the back, as if the under 

 and larger blanket of tan were covered with a silken one of 

 smaller pattern in black. His head, full of character, is also 

 black, with eyebrows and muzzle shading tan, ears black, as 

 su])ple as chamois skin with the touch of silk velvet and also 

 fringed with tan. And with it all such a grand carriage of 

 head and stern. He is just as grand and ]K'rfect a hound in 

 the field as he is on the flags. He was champion hound at 

 Madison Square, and first prize hound with four of his get, 

 including Barmaid, Villager, Bonnie Boy and Vaunter. Then 

 another stud hound and s])ecial favourite is called in with as 

 many of his get for comparison. 



The inspection over, the Master takes us past the hospital, 

 where several hounds are ailing, some lame from rheumatics, 

 others wearing bandages — the result of cuts and thorns. How 

 pleased they are to see their master, as they hobble to meet 

 his caresses, hear his praise and reassurance that they will soon 

 be able to join the pack. 



There are, in hound breeding, so many different and difficult 

 problems to confront. There are the quarrelsome, the timid. 



